ianmdrennan

Since this has now drifted to a discussion about the article instead of the actual selection process, I've moved it to General. Feel free to continue discussing it there. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view&post=3473963 If there are still more items to discuss about the selection process itself, please feel free to start another thread here. Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

I screwed up the detach of part of this thread from the swoop forums - my apologies. CKScuba, I've included your post here so it doesn't get lost. Performance Designs Factory Team

Too early to tell the sex

Agreed. That's my current RDS of choice. Performance Designs Factory Team

Yep - the ultrasound shows it's an active little thing

Well, I'm glad it wasn't like you described for a number of reasons. First, the atmosphere you perceive to have existed during the tryouts just wasn't filled with the drama some of you hope, or think, happened. It was a very positive experience, all round, for everyone - I believe. Second, I doubt the experience would have been as positive if we'd had camera's on us 24x7 and treated this experience like some sort of circus. It would have fostered, I believe, a negative environment and EXACTLY the opposite of the team building experience it was. Did it ever occur to you that the team didn't want a "unique extreme realilty show" and that they were looking for something deeper? My personal thoughts. edit: Sorry you feel that way. The article was nothing more than the experience through my eyes. Not a corporate puff piece, or anything else to satisfy anyone else. It was written to describe what happened, through my eyes. If there wasn't any negativity in the article, it wasn't because I wasn't trying to put it in there - but rather that I didn't experience it. Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

I'm afraid you may be right on this Sadly, while I'm in favor of the concept of this bill - I fear it's been poorly conceived, and thought out, in the rush to "do something". Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Lien's the only person on the planet who makes Joe Rogan look tall

Suggestion noted Performance Designs Factory Team

I have faint memories from my childhood, but really don't remember anything other than the word Cylon

Ok - just a general, sincere, question to opponents of cleaning up the environment. Lets say, hypothetically, that we're NOT causing any global warming, etc and that there are no long-term ill effects (on the globe) of pollution. Why would you not try and keep making our place to live cleaner, and more efficient anyway? I guess I'm totally lost on people who oppose the idea of trying to clean up the planet, even if it's for no other reason that the ecological equivalent to dusting your house? Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Just finished Season 1

Honestly, probably not. While parts of the process were documented, we did not have a camera on us 24x7, which would be required (I think) to do the entire process justice and give editors enough footage to work with. I think the video's you guys have seen will be it, bar of course some clips turning up here and there. Hope you're at least enjoying the information that's been shared

DZ.com has put it on the front page if anyone wants to read it as one article

Awesome! I look forward to your thread on Republican hypocrisy with regards to prostitutes, and male escorts. Should be equally as entertaining of a thread

The second, and final, part of the article is now up. http://www.thepdblog.com/pdblog/2009/01/x-project-inside-view-part-2.html Enjoy

I actually gave Firefly a shot - I liked Serenity (the movie) but the show just didn't grab me for some reason. And J - I've been a geek for a LOOONG time, most people just don't know it

My pleasure - the next part is going up today, I'll post a link when it does. Blues, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

Ninja'ed Performance Designs Factory Team

Looks like he re-took the oath http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics-whitehouse/20090122/Obama.Oath.Do.Over/ Performance Designs Factory Team

Of course since it's unlikely that Jesus was blonde hair and blue eye'd, if he actually existed. I'd say Obama's color tone bears a greater resemblance to the likey true color of Jesus, than modern day fairy tale depictions. Performance Designs Factory Team

I considered it, but figured if I did then I'd get a bunch of spoilers, which I'm trying to avoid

If anyone is interested, PD asked me to share the experience from my perspective. Today they have published the first of a two piece article on their blog. http://www.thepdblog.com/pdblog/2009/01/x-project-inside-view-part-1.html Hope you enjoy, Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

A co-worker of mine convinced me to give it a shot and brought in Season 1. Well, 2+ hrs later I'm stopping to go to bed (but don't want to). I had no idea the show was this good - even my wife is into it and NEITHER of us are really into this genre. Anyone else fans? Ian Performance Designs Factory Team

No doubt. I'm trying to juggle finances to make it work. A lot depends on my tax return